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Widespread testing, case isolation and contact tracing may allow safe school reopening with continued moderate physical distancing: a modeling analysis of King County, WA data
C Bracis et al, MEDRXIV, August 16, 2020

We predict that widespread implementation of "test and isolate" policy alone is insufficient to prevent the rapid re-emergence of SARS CoV-2 without moderate physical distancing. Widespread testing, contact tracing and case isolation would allow relaxation of physical distancing, as well as opening of schools, without a surge in local cases and deaths

Quick and affordable saliva-based COVID-19 test developed by Yale scientists receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization
M Greenwood, Yale News, August 15, 2020

Saliva-based coronavirus test funded by NBA, NBPA gets emergency authorization from FDA
Z Lowe et al, ABC News, August 15, 2020

SalivaDirect: Simple and sensitive molecular diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance
CBF Vogels et al, MEDRXIV, August 2020

Using saliva instead of respiratory swabs enables non-invasive frequent sampling and reduces the need for trained healthcare professionals during collection. Our test does not require nucleic acid preservatives at sample collection and replaces nucleic acid extraction with a simple proteinase K and heat treatment step.